Sydney Yugoslav General Trade and Tourist Agency bombing
The Sydney Yugoslav General Trade and Tourist Agency bombing occurred in Haymarket, Sydney on 16 September 1972; the attack injured 16 people.[1] The perpetrators of the attack were alleged to be Croatian separatists.[2]
History[]
On 16 September 1972, two bombs were detonated at Yugoslav travel agencies located in inner Sydney. The first injured 16 people, two of them were critically injured; the second bomb injured none. The bombings were alleged to be connected to the executions of Croatians with Australian passports in Yugoslavia. The New South Wales Police later raided a number of Croatian homes in Sydney.[3]
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References[]
- ^ Abjorensen, Norman, and James C. Docherty. Historical Dictionary of Australia. Rowman and Littlefield. 2014. Page 355.
- ^ Democratic Oversight of Intelligence Services. Daniel Baldino ed. Federation Press. 2010. Page 40.
- ^ Richards, Eric. "White Australia dismantled: the 1970s." Destination Australia: Migration to Australia Since 1901. UNSW Press. 2008. Page 265.
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- Terrorist incidents in Australia
- 1972 crimes in Australia
- Crime in Sydney
- Terrorist incidents in Oceania in 1972
- 1970s in Sydney
- Haymarket, New South Wales
- Terrorist incidents in Australia in the 1970s
- Croatian nationalist terrorism
- September 1972 events in Australia
- Australia–Yugoslavia relations